New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
EAST LONDON AGAIN. .
ANorByRopENrNG CEREM0NY-LADYR ROSE
BERY AT THE INDUSTRIES EXHIBITION.


have seen one lately which is quite as striking ana
more novel. and that is between the East End en-
rete and the East End in its working day dress
when the Queen went to open the Peoples Palace
whitecharel was q flower garden. The poverty
tho meanIssss of it, the ignoble usliiess
= the streets, were all garlanded win
omblems of loyalty, a loyal people Ill
irg the bare streets and the whole scene
festival Not many days later drove over 'hc
somc route The decorations had Disappeared Inc
broad main street which rejoices III the name vi
Mile End Road had nothing to disguise It's Ut
binary features There was the usuai 'rahie'
M moro. There were the street cars, INC vans
the costermongers' barrows, the small low shops
looking smaller and lower where big red DICK
church or a big red brick gin palace win Iauhtihs
Gilt signs rose above their humber neighoors'
Soualor dirt life low scale but hoI .he
lowest The struggle for life where prosperity peshs
10 show its difficult face, these were all apl@rehu
Industry and the signs Of it all about you' Dut
only glimpses OF the goal to when these toileis
were striving 10 attain. step into the side
streets ard the glimpse was gone. You were Ill
the veritahlc slIms Mile End Road is the oxford
Street Of Whucchapc and even tie real OXfcrd
Street Is by no means an altogether lovcy ahins 10
look on-is perhaps one OF the vulgarest thorough
fares to be seen in any great city OF Europe
Rob it of Us sleek prosperity and ambitious iallIes
and you have the Wbitcchapel Road.
An East London Industries Exhibition was TO
be opened AMI 1 went t. see Lady Rosebcry open
it. The statelin,ss and splendr OF royal ceremonial
were for the dedication Of the Peoples Palace TO
its practical uses by the people. There was none
OF Il now no PAGEANT no procession. The show
had ended the actual use of the palace by the
D. Il moi
in her carriage few friends came with her
or before her. A crowd had gathered about the
COURTYARD through which the Queens Hall Is
approached-thc same courtyard, now almost empty
which last Saturday week had gIttered with
TROOPS and a the tl1Ippings OF royal turnout.
must say Lady Roscbery's coachman is himself
peIsOnagc who lends dignity to any scene III
which he figures. and the horses he drives are
worthy OF him. lie is the same functonary to
whom 1 introduced you years ago when he sat on
the box Of the carriage in which Mr. Gladstone
drove through Edinburgh, the first Midlothian
campaign II that does not sound like ancient
history | know not what does. II was in 1879,
the year before Mir. Gladstone was 10 win that
great victory of which he was to make such
singular use Mr. Dusk contributed his share to
It, The STYLE in which he turned out Lord Rose
bcry's equipogcs was the admiration OF everybody,
and If the Edinburgh people be as devoted TO
horses as their English cousins. votes were to be
won by good grooming and "smartness OF display.
/ have thought more than once that l omitted TO
do justice TO this eminent artist nj the tlme' OF
at either OF the times Of his achievements for
the second or third was greater campaign than
the first. But now my tribute is paid.
The East End is the workshop and factory to
the West End as you have heard before now.
his exhibition is collection Of East End
industries. | don't for moment think OF saying
one word about II that will be of the least use to
any practical person. How could |? My lmowl-
edge OF il begins and ends with a ten minutes
walk through the buildings. That was the first
part of to-dV's soemnity. When Lady RoScbery
and her party arrived they turned aside from The
Hall and were shown over the actual exhibition.
don't think il undertakes to be complete. The
buildings temporary. indeed, they stand on the
site wherr presently VIII be built the baths which
Lord Eo,.JcIy has given to the Peoples Palace
and which are TO cost some $4,000. The exhibit
ton has been extemporzed, perhaps the rcadiest
means of bringing home to the people OF the East
End the fact that their new palace IS meant 10
have n practical side TO il as well entertaining
side The bumblcst industries and the least hum
bic elbow each ether the making of match boxes
and the wea, ins OF splendid silks-possibly some
Of the very silks wi ich some Of this brilliantly
dressed group were wearing came from THESE looms ;
all unknown 10 the wcucIs. / told fairy
stories about the dtst'nIrs or the products we
saw in process OF making. They were to furnish
forth the wardrobes of Chinese mandarins, of the
Popc OF some of those American ladies who not for
WORLDS would wear anything in silk that had not
the Lyons stamp. The great Mr.. Worth himself
was customer, and some great New-fork uphol-
sterer, and the silk hangings OF a Chicago palace
were from this very frame. Whether they are fairy
stories OF authentic variations Will not venture
70 say. Just opposite half-a-dozen Manufactured
young women are making match-boxes-no TO-
nance about that at any rate yot-that is al in
dustry which had its hour of celebrity. Lord
sherbrooke tried to tax 1.-THE was then Mr.. Robert
Lowe and Chancellor of the Exchequer and the
match-makers very nearly pulled his black-and-
GOLD robe off his back. The Manufactured young
women have nImble fingers and make each gross
of boxes per hour-so one of them told me. The
glass spinners are close by, beating the spiders at
their own trade. This boy with his cad of glass
rod in q blow-pipe, and his wheel. reels oil throe
thousand yards of glass cobweb per minute-so he
told me. They make it into scarves and other
sham-silk articles of attire for the female SEX
There is gold-beating and there Is
candy -making. The most curious thing
abont this last was 10 compare 'ho
pattern of the makers gowns and of the candy
tho damscl who wore the gown was rolling into
long sticks. They were as nearly as possible the
same both In design and color. II you want Il con-
trast to this petty handicraft there models of
big ships from the Thames and models Of the docks
where they lie, ships of peace and of war. old mod
els and new, ironclads and passenger steamships
with compartments warranted to collapse; newest
of ALL | suppose, vicious and Misunderstanding
torpedo boats Perhaps that is as much as one
could be expected to IN ten minutes
Sir Julian Godsmd Is, as make out, chairman
of the committee who have been managing all these
matters He and Lady Godsmid have plotted tho
party through the industries and now lead the way
to the hall. The Marquis of Lorne is here. but not
his wife. the Princess Louise. The ladies who ac-